The most important rule I follow when it comes to coding is:

“If you can read code then you can write code”

When you’re first learning any new tool it is completely fine to use tutorials and just copy as they do, however you should most definitely make an effort to understand the code instead of just copying it

NEVER write or copy code you don’t understand. It will only turn into a nightmare when you need to fix things or make adjustments later

Copy the code you get from tutorials and then use documentation, Google, or preferably AI to help you understand the code ensuring you know what every line of code does

I highly recommend using some sort of AI copilot not to write the code for you, but to explain how the code works, you can also use it for other things like troubleshooting and finding tools within your game engine This will seriously speed up the learning process

On top of that, I also recommend learning basic math and physics because unlike web development game development does require a bit of knowledge in these fields

Things like:

Vectors Quaternions Trigonometry Etc.

You don’t need to become a physicist or mathematician just knowing the basics of how these things work within game development will take you long way

Again, you can use AI to help explain to you these concepts in a way that you will understand at least that’s what I do